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Opened in May 2022, Hervé’s Restaurant and Bar is an 80-seat French-inspired restaurant by the husband and wife team of French-born sommelier Hervé Dudognon and his wife Cristina.

Mr Dudognon’s impressive resume includes stints at Hotel de Crillon in Paris, Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, Merivale in Sydney and Stanley at Howard Smith Wharves. He is joined by Executive Chef Chris Norman and his wife Executive Pastry Chef Alex Norman.

Hervé’s Restaurant and Bar sits in the loft of Albion’s Craft’d Grounds on Collingwood Street accessible through the stairs situated at the back of Brewtide Brewery & Bar. Once upstairs you’ll find the soft-lighted French-inspired venue’s terrazzo-topped bar on one side and the dining room on the other side. The former-timber-mill-turned-restaurant boasts of exposed iron beams, cafe-style tables, bentwood chairs, banquettes and polished wooden floors.

Meanwhile, the dynamic duo of Chris and Alex Norman will work their magic in the open kitchen which features a chef station, charcoal grill, fryer, gas cooktop, wood-fired oven and a pastry counter.

Expect Chris’ menu to include Amuse Bouche offerings such as Pomme Soufflé with Oscietra Caviar, and Fraser Island Crab with rock melon, pomelo and Jamon. Then there are also Chilled Seafood must-try including Moreton Bay bugs with Mornay foam and Espelette pepper; and Poached Bay Lobster with cos lettuce, cocktail dressing, cucumber and smoked salmon caviar.

For the Mains, there is a coal-fired Fillet of Kingfish with cauliflower, spring squash, buttermilk and chive oil; and Roast tenderloin of Black Angus with watercress and shiraz jus.

Dessert? There’s Lemonade Fruit Fool with Mascarpone sabayon, Tommy’granita and brand snap; and the ever-changing Dessert Du Jour which takes its cue from available local fresh produce.

Other sweet-tooth-satisfying confections from Alex include Moelleux Chocolat Valrhona Millot 74% with Pedro Ximinez, roasted vanilla ice cream and hazelnut nougatine.

Moving on to the drinks corner, Hervé and sommelier Thibaud Cregut’s wine list features 150 bottles sourced from Australian winemakers as well as from overseas, but expect a full page dedicated to organic Corsican Wines along with a slew of classic cocktails. 

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If you haven’t yet visited Hervé’s Restaurant and Bar, head over to Craft’d Grounds at 31/37 Collingwood Street in Albion. Bookings for Thursdays, beginning 3 November 2022, are now open. Visit the website here to send in your request for booking.

Craft’d Grounds | 31/37 Collingwood St, Albion QLD 4010, Australia

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Craft’d Grounds is home to Seven Miles Coffee Roasters, Brewtide Brewing, K.I.S.S Burgers, Fightcross Gym and the soon-to-open Herves Restaurant and Bar. The venue along with next-door Collingwood Black Cafe & Bar was inundated with water that rose as high as one metre, damaging equipment, stock and packaging along with personal styling items, antiques and more. 

“We designed our beautiful precinct to withstand levels above the 2011 floods, but, here we are! Completely inundated,” Craft’d Grounds’ Instagram post reads, “but we’re not giving up.”

“With the water came mud, amongst other things. We are devastated and so many have lost so much. Whilst there is building insurance for such events, that never extends to equipment, stock and packaging & insurance can take so long.”

The owners have yet to reveal the cost of the damage but they estimate that it will take about two months to put everything up and running again. 

With volunteers helping with the cleanup, Craft’d Grounds was able to reopen its cafe side of the business with plans to open a temporary liquor store to keep the business running.

K.I.S.S. Burgers

“It’s safe to say Brissy has had a chaotic last couple of days. For now, stay tuned for any updates from us,” Kiss Burgers wrote on their social media update.

Brewtide Brewery

Brisbane’s brewing industry has put together a fundraising event to help breweries that were badly affected by the recent flooding, including Brewtide. The event happens on 12 March at Easy Times Brewing Co.

Fightcross MMA and Fitness Albion

“Thanks to all those that helped with the cleanup of the recent flooding in Collingwood St 

Our gym is back open and we are ready to train!  Come down and enjoy our wonderful community in Craft’d Grounds,” the martial arts and fitness centre wrote on their social media.

“Next week as a thank you for the help our members gave to the community we will be doing something special! Something we have never done before! Keep an eye out!” 

Collingwood Black Espresso & Bar and The Black Market Albion

“We’ve lost a lot of stuff over the past few days, but we’ve been reminded about how awesome our community is too. We’ve had so many lovely folks wade through gross water and mud to help clean our space,” Collingwood Black Espresso & Bar’s social media post reads.

The cafe and bar is expected to reopen in three weeks to fulfil their prior commitments.

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“We’d appreciate any small donation to our fund below to help cover costs to rebuild and restock. Please feel free to share! https://gofund.me/825a9976 ,” reads The Black Market Albion’s post.

Help restore Collingwood Black & Craft’d Grounds by donating through their GoFundMe page. The fundraiser has so far raised $6,384 of its $10,000 goal.

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